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Robbie Robertson — The Sound is Fading
Album: Contact from the Underworld of Redboy
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Released: 1998
Length: 4:42
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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My RR fave is Somewhere Down the Lazy River....
Posted 1 month ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
I feel like I'm in Boy Scouts singing a song ad nauseam. 
Posted 4 months ago by TheGolfster    [ Reply ]
This is why RR and RP rule
Only Garth left from one of the best Bands ever
I grew up with them as my soundtrack
Thank you Robbie and RP
Posted 7 months ago by michael_crf    [ Reply ]
Robbie is forever now. 
Posted 7 months ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
Il ne s'est pas foulé !!! Mauvais....
Posted 9 months ago by Caqueron    [ Reply ]
1998?! I"ve never heard this before!!!! Love it!
Posted 1 year ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 redeyespy wrote:
mojoman wrote: Not one bit. Music for the Native Americans is a genuine and heartfelt effort, too.


Agreed - seems like Coyote Dance has a RP vibe.
Posted 1 year ago by ramsay    [ Reply ]
Fantastic, trance groove. Never woulda guessed it's RR but anyhoots it's delish! 
Posted 2 years ago by scoots_mcgoo    [ Reply ]
This song  -- which is interesting in a groove-meditative-trance-funk way, is also a waste of the (late) great Ofra Haza's soulful voice-- too bad.   Robbie could have looped in some  Krishna chanting to the same effect. 
Posted 3 years ago by Ibnrudy    [ Reply ]
I listen to this song any chance I get. It takes me back a few years. My art teacher played the cd while we did our work. I went and bought the cd, had it for a year, and then it got stolen and sold. I really like this song and others by RR.
Posted 15 years ago by Wileen    [ Reply ]
mojoman wrote:
Robbie Give up the faux Indian thing. It's tiresome.
Not one bit. Music for the Native Americans is a genuine and heartfelt effort, too.
Posted 16 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
mojoman wrote:
Robbie Give up the faux Indian thing. It's tiresome.
According to AMG:
One of the premier songwriters of the rock era, Robbie Robertson was born July 5, 1943, in Toronto, Ontario. The son of a Jewish father and Mohawk mother, Jaime Robbie Robertson's first brush with live music came at the Six Nations Reservation, his mother's girlhood home...
Faux? Better rethink your position. That said, this isn't his best work, or even close to it. Still likeable, though.
Posted 18 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
DJac wrote:
You gotta have been to/lived in the Southwest to appreciate where Robbie is coming from...
I have and do. Still don't get it.
Posted 18 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
Robbie Give up the faux Indian thing. It's tiresome.
Posted 18 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
It was cute 45 seconds ago, now its just repetitive.
Posted 18 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
I wish the 'sound' was fading...
Posted 18 years ago by deanofox    [ Reply ]
You gotta have been to/lived in the Southwest to appreciate where Robbie is coming from... If you saw him play on the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics '04 opening on the tube -- that was quite a display and statement! He's into the rich, connective and estoteric culture originating in this land that has so been trounced upon by the epic wave of industrialism and concept of ownership... Huh? Yea, exactly... :propeller.gif:
Posted 18 years ago by DJac    [ Reply ]
I never thought I'd ever hear a Moby ripoff.
Posted 18 years ago by mezzanine    [ Reply ]
Sweet stuff, 8 on my ranking.
Posted 18 years ago by lukekingland    [ Reply ]
I wish this sound would fade. Shame on Robbie for putting such dreck on his otherwise fine album.
Posted 19 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
:sunny.gif:
Posted 19 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
I think yamanee is the name of a new indian casino.
Posted 19 years ago by BooKitty    [ Reply ]
I pity the people who cannot appreciate Robertson's sharing of native-influenced music with us.
Posted 19 years ago by Bodhisattva    [ Reply ]
Catch the Blues Train... places never been before... Sorry, just thinking of the RR song that I LIKE...
Posted 19 years ago by Illustr8r    [ Reply ]
One of my favorites from this album.
Posted 19 years ago by Mairy    [ Reply ]
My volume is fading...what a shame...
Posted 19 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
God...make it stop...please
Posted 19 years ago by cataloger    [ Reply ]
Hey, Robbie! Isn't about time to release something new and equally amazing? Your stuff is great.
Posted 19 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
Someone should drown this somewhere down the crazy river!
Posted 20 years ago by Pipes    [ Reply ]
Well, it was a pleasant surprise to hear this tune on RP! My other favourite from this album is "Unbound".
Posted 20 years ago by aslegros    [ Reply ]
hey bill, how about a cool obscure tune from the band?
Posted 20 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
Ross wrote:
Thanks for the Hudsucker Proxy reference. The world needs more of 'em.
Sure, sure...
Posted 20 years ago by qbee    [ Reply ]
randomatom wrote:
I swear that octaved three tone whistle is sampled from one of those platic flexible tubes that they sold as toys when I was a kid. You held it by one end and spun it and you would get a note. Spin it faster and you could get the octave. You know, for kids... Anyone know what I'm talking about?
Thanks for the Hudsucker Proxy reference. The world needs more of 'em.
Posted 20 years ago by Ross    [ Reply ]
really really cool. it's way down that crazy river, man.
Posted 20 years ago by alanb    [ Reply ]
I like the Native-American-chant part. The rest makes me want some Pepto.
Posted 20 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
Let\'s just let this one fade...into obscurity!
Posted 20 years ago by Pipes    [ Reply ]
Have we forgotten that RR states that his native american heritage is one of the guiding forces in his life? This is basically one of those chants you hear at the \'pow-wows\' which has been twisted into a new anthem of electic blues. Good stuff if it\'s what you want. Samiyam
Posted 20 years ago by samiyam    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by randomatom: I swear that octaved three tone whistle is sampled from one of those platic flexible tubes that they sold as toys when I was a kid. You held it by one end and spun it and you would get a note. Spin it faster and you could get the octave. You know, for kids... Anyone know what I'm talking about?
I agree, but I LIKE it. Wow, is RR a LONG way from The Band, or what?! you have to appreciate the longevity and the effort regardless of a personal aesthetic response.
Posted 21 years ago by mksothrpeoplrich    [ Reply ]
Come on everybody ... Sing along!
Posted 21 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
Another person who is not necessarily a RR fan, but I do like this.
Posted 21 years ago by camarkim    [ Reply ]
While I\'ve never been a fan of RR, I confess that this tune has grown on me. I find the stately tempo & track layering much more listenable than, say, Dead Can Dance, whose attempts to incorporate Native American music came across as artificial & sycophantic.
Posted 21 years ago by wonderunit    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by randomatom: I swear that octaved three tone whistle is sampled from one of those platic flexible tubes that they sold as toys when I was a kid. You held it by one end and spun it and you would get a note. Spin it faster and you could get the octave. You know, for kids... Anyone know what I'm talking about?
Hey, I had one of those! Much fun when all my whistle-wielding friends and self would tear around the neighborhood annoying the hell out of everyone. That and my capgun--'member those?--were the emblems of being 7 to me. :D
Posted 21 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by pkeys: best song I've ever heard from him.
LOL- Is that a good thing?
Posted 21 years ago by tbase    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Railee^!^: I think Robbie is a musical person that gives us a real look at sound.
WHAT? Well, if that's true, I don't like what I see - but then, I always hated Robbie Robertson, except as a member of The Band. I think Levon Helm should go kick his a**
Posted 21 years ago by tbase    [ Reply ]
The Sound Is Fading..................but not fast enough.
Posted 21 years ago by ndanger666    [ Reply ]
Ah c\'mon you guys, lighten up. You can\'t expect to like EVERYTHING Bill plays. :p :p
Posted 21 years ago by rgrace    [ Reply ]
seriously though... this is the exact same formula that hack Moby uses on EVERY single one of his hit songs - it is driving me mad. mad, I tell you, MAD!!!
Posted 21 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
TURN IT OFF! ESPECIALLY THE REFRAIN
Posted 21 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
best song I\'ve ever heard from him.
Posted 21 years ago by pkeys    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Platypus: Moby Robertson?
Nice observation Platy. Robbie is so hard to categorize, his music can be all over the place.
Posted 21 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Once again, you made me look... had to surf over to see who this was. What a great surprise, too. I like it a lot, although a couple of parts are a bit intense over that first cup of coffee this morning... Keep it coming.
Posted 21 years ago by percolator    [ Reply ]
It is a decent song.. But I think it is being played too much lately.
Posted 22 years ago by CoolbeaN    [ Reply ]
though it\'s (very) different compared to his more \'rootsy\' work, I still recognize it as a Robertson song.
Posted 22 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
Moby Robertson? (not a compliment)
Posted 22 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Important, under-recognized.
Posted 22 years ago by rmurray248    [ Reply ]